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Cities with the lowest published annual rainfall

Published monthly precipitation normals totalled into an annual figure, ranked lowest first. Low rainfall is not the same as few rainy days; the total says nothing about how it is spread through the year.

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates is first in the current published ranking at 50.2 mm/year; compare its source date and geographic grain before using the result.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
9
Last checked
2026-07-31

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

RankCity or placePublished valueCheckedSource and scope
1Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates50.2 mm/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
2Yuma, United States83.3 mm/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
3Antigua, Spain83.9 mm/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
4Oliva, La, Spain83.9 mm/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
5Tuineje, Spain83.9 mm/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
6Puerto del Rosario, Spain86 mm/year2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
7San Bartolomé, Spain97.5 mm/year2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
8Las Vegas, United States101.4 mm/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
9Henderson, United States106.2 mm/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
10Riyadh, Saudi Arabia107.5 mm/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
11North Las Vegas, United States108.5 mm/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
12Victorville, United States141.5 mm/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
13Broken Hill, Australia239.2 mm/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
14Alice Springs, Australia272.6 mm/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
15Kamloops, Canada272.9 mm/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
16Whitehorse, Canada279.6 mm/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
17Swan Hill, Australia314.4 mm/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
18Medicine Hat, Canada330.8 mm/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
19Port Hedland, Australia335.6 mm/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
20Penticton, Canada344.1 mm/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
21Larnaka, Cyprus350 mm/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
22Nicosia, Cyprus350 mm/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
23Murray Bridge, Australia360.4 mm/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
24Athens, Greece370.8 mm/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 1990-12-31
25Lethbridge, Canada372.6 mm/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
26Porto Santo, Portugal381.7 mm/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
27Pafos, Cyprus393.3 mm/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
28Castro Marim, Portugal416.7 mm/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
29Tavira, Portugal416.7 mm/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
30Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal416.7 mm/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31

What the numbers say

  • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates leads at 50.2 mm/year.
  • Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal sits at the other end with 416.7 mm/year.
  • The middle of this ranking is 279.6 mm/year, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 366.5 mm/year.

What this measures

Every row is a published observation measured in mm/year, ranked lowest first. The values were observed between 1990 and 2020. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
2 grains: city, nearest_station
Observation period
1990-12-31 to 2020-12-31
Last checked
2026-07-31
With an official source link
30 of 30

Sources

WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 station CSVWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-26NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Checked 2026-07-29WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station FUERTEVENTURA/AEROPUERTOWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-31AEMET climate normal — mean monthly total precipitation, FUERTEVENTURA/AEROPUERTO, 1991-2020Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET) · Checked 2026-07-27AEMET climate normal — mean monthly total precipitation, LANZAROTE/AEROPUERTO, 1991-2020Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET) · Checked 2026-07-27NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Checked 2026-07-29NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Checked 2026-07-29WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 station CSVWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-26NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Checked 2026-07-29NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Checked 2026-07-29WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BROKEN HILLWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-31WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORTWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-31